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(5 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

Losing a family pet is always a tough loss. Hope to see you back soon.

All the best,
Nathan

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(1 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

Thanks, Lauren

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(25 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

You said your neighbors told you they had been entering your home. Is there any evidence of that? 
Apparently, nothing is missing and they haven't trashed your apartment, so perhaps they're messing with your head. Have you loaned keys to anyone?

I hope you can resolve this problem soon.

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(17 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

All my best to you, alan. We need every good man we can get.

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SolN wrote:

I can't access two of my chapters (4 and 5) from my novel Reconstruction Days. They haven't been deactivated, and the reviews are still there, but the chapter content is no longer there. Is there any way to retrieve those chapters from your archives?

I don't see any content for those chapters. Did you delete it? I can look and see if we have the chapter in the backups. Do you know when the content disappeared?

I don't think I deleted those chapters, and hadn''t noticed the problem until recently. If you can find those chapters, you will make my day.

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Douglas, that URL was no help, at least for me.

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(9 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

I can't access two of my chapters (4 and 5) from my novel Reconstruction Days. They haven't been deactivated, and the reviews are still there, but the chapter content is no longer there. Is there any way to retrieve those chapters from your archives?

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Thanks for your response, Dirk. What is the difference.between the edit button and the edit link? I haven't come across the edit wizard link. The missing chapters are active, and I have no idea how I deleted them. It's never happened over the last 20 years on this site.

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(296 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

Is there any way to access two missing chapters of one of my novels?

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vern wrote:

The words, in the order Carlin listed them, are: " shit ", " piss ", " fuck ", " cunt ", " cocksucker ", " motherfucker ", and " tits ". At the time, the words were considered highly inappropriate and unsuitable for broadcast on the public airwaves in the United States, whether radio or television.
I'm sure they're a few others which were frowned upon also, damn it. Take care. Vern

Today Jesus might top the list of forbidden words.

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Good to hear you're home and recovering. Now don't lift anything heavier than aheaping tablespoon.

Congratulations to the winners.

Congratulations to the winners.

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(8 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Basic)

Welcome back, wild thang. You still owe me a review.

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Hey Mike,
I was saddened to hear of your hard times, my friend. Good times and bad times have one thing in common: they come and go.  And when you feel like you are on the ropes,.remember Muhammed Ali in the eighth round in Kinshasha, Zaire.

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Thanks John.

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jack the knife wrote:

I got three identical reviews from jewelrybonney28888, also with a link to novelstar. Blocked.

How can we block jewelbonney?

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(33 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

SolN wrote:

I would suggest that any new member must pay as prime members do before they would be allowed to post any writing. They should be allowed to view the site, including being able to read stories and review them, and scan forum areas, but not post any writing other than legitimate reviews of at least 50 - 100 words to build writing credits for when they eventually join. Potential scammers could only reach one member at a time this way and could quickly be sorted out. Scammers are not going to pay just to come on site and fail at their scam.

This is how the old version of the site operated. I've often thought of returning to that model.


I would agree with this idea.  of returning to the reviewer membership, free of charge. I got my feet wet by reviewing some short stories, and gained enough confidence to post Gypsy. Where have the last fifteen years gone?
And perhaps limiting messaging and connections to paying customers.

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(34 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

How about the. Horror genre?

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jack the knife wrote:
Nathan B. Childs wrote:

Over 4000

Where've you been, buddy?

I asked my doctor, "what's the best thing I can do to survive the pandemic?"  he replied, "the best thing you can do is to stop drinking and smoking, and stop chasing women.: I said  "doc, I don't deserve the best. What else you got?"  I'm well. Been using the downtime for rewriting. Runaways and my bigfoot story, which is now called Wild Woman of the Woods. I see you're still in the hunt when it comes to storytelling. Keep up the good work, john.

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(26 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

Over 4000

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(2 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

Thanks, Dirk.

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(2 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

can people still sign on as a reviewer only? Or do they have to pay to review stories?

Congrats to all this was a fun contest I

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(19 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

Alan, I'm sorry to hear of your wife's illness, and wish her a speedy recovery. All things are possible.